Snowstorm woes might have been eased by legislation. (Briefing: NCOIL Spring Meeting).Federal natural-disaster legislation could have helped in situations such as the snowstorms that struck much of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. this past winter, but state legislators need to be vigilant in not letting such a bill get lost in national Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States efforts, state officials said. Natural-disaster legislation will get a lot of attention in Congress, said Timothy Tucker Dr. Timothy Tucker is a pharmacist in Huntingdon, Tennessee, and president elect of the American Pharmacists Association.[1] He is a Former Speaker of the American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates and has testified before the United States House of , director of state and federal affairs for the National Conference of Insurance Legislators. Bills have been introduced previously, but nothing has come out of Congress yet. "It's a horse that's running but standing still," said New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of state Sen. William Larkin William Larkin (1580 - 1619), English painter. Suffolk Collection in Kenwood House, London has a lot of his paintings. Links
Tucker and Larkin were speaking during NCOIL's Spring Meeting, which was held Feb. 20-23 in Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , Ga. Many who were expected to attend couldn't make it because of a storm. One bill that could see the most attention would allow insurers to establish tax-free reserves, Tucker said. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had such a bill in Congress in 2001 that called for allowing property/casualty insurers to establish tax-deferred reserves to pay claims from natural disasters, and he plans on reintroducing it, Tucker said. But natural disasters are more than earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes. New York Gov. George Pataki declared several counties in his state disaster areas after the President's Day snowstorm, noted New York's Larkin. "With 21 people killed, snow is a natural disaster," Larkin said. |
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